Chapter 384: Adulation (III)

Chapter 384: Adulation (III)

Chapter 384

Adulation (III)

There was a changeit was an abrupt, hasty, and unpredictable change that forced Cain to retreat away from the net he had cast. Among the masses, from what felt like the bottom of the ocean, crawled out a Mana signature that put even him to a pause. He frowned as his eyes began scanning for the exact position before locking onto a half-human and half-creature thing that was walking out from the crowd.

It was some eleven feet tall, at least, broad-shouldered with four arms in totaltwo fanning out from the shoulders and two from the upper back, looming over the creatures head. It had one eye, though three mouthsone where all humanoids had them, and two to the sidesone on each cheek. Its nose had one, huge nostril, and its jaw was flat and long.

It wore heavy armor banded together with golden and silver clasps, leaving free the left shoulder and the feet. From the Mana fluctuations oozing out of it, Cain realized that it was likely the strongest individual they had. Its level was likely in the 200s, which meant that Cain would be unable to defeat it without parting with some of the secrecy surrounding him.

His frown deepened once again as he felt the surrounding spacetime wiggle and worm before the two of them were suddenly disseminated from the original reality into the rippled dimension. It was a world in-between, neither here nor there, their faint remnants flashing in and out of existence. After all, the rippled dimensions behaved like the higher dimensionswhich meant that they eluded the normal perception.

The thing drew out a pair of war axesusually, most warriors and warrior-like Classes would wield just one war ax, as they would one greatsword, yet the thing was large and strong enough to dual wield the damn weapons.

I have prepared this arena for you, a familiar voice caused Cain to sigh inwardly. Only I can peer into its contents. While you battle, Ill ensure nothing untoward happens to your people. Feel free to go berserk, Child Divine.

Cain grunted inwardly, realizing that, still, he was just the entertainment. While he basked in the self-importance of being the chosen, hed forgotten that he wasnt really chosen so much as he was groomed. It was infuriating, but there wasnt much he could doand so, he focused on the giant in front of him, realizing it would be a good target to vent against.

Unleashing it, the energy curved through the void and met the giant head-on; the latter roared and swung the four blades in a perfect deflection, deflecting the starlight and edging past it, its blade reaching toward Cains heart. The latter, against the common thought, leaned forward and accepted the stab, his right arm extending, palm open, burning. Within, there was a tiny pebble--and yet, the pebble held the weight of the creation.

The giant felt an unprecedented sense of danger from that tiny little pebble that shone in the exchanging black and white; beyond the sheer quantity of energy, there was a primordial essence etched within the pebbles creation, a pull of soul, suffocating. He withdrew, thought not before the pebble gently shafted forward and blew up between the two of them.

It wasnt an explosion, not in the common sense anyway. The burst of energy was contained internally, erasing the surrounding spacetime from existence. Cain observed it closely; the attack wasnt really aimed at the giant and was more of an experiment. Seeing the spacetime recover so quickly he barely caught the tail end of it caused him to frown.

He was a fawn still, he realized; in order to recreate something erased by a primordial trace, it required twice, if not thrice, the energy that the destruction necessitated. Glancing up, beyond the membrane of the dimensions, he wondered silently... just how strength was conveyed at that level.

After all, Cain was strong enough to literally destroy a planet--every one of his serious attacks could form craters the size of the largest lakes, and any sufficiently charged one would be akin to a moon-sized asteroid blasting into the Earth. If his attacks were of such grand scale and destruction... then what about those that were leagues stronger than him? From the looks of it, they could repair everything he destroyed as quickly as he destroyed it. A terrifying thought, really.

Are you done? a playful voice quizzed, causing him to grin sheepishly.

Whatever do you mean~~

Your distaste has angered your friend. The battle now truly begins; if you skate aside to test me, you might just lose one of your several lives.

Its a good thing, then, Ive got lives to spare, Cain mumbled, noticing that the world had turned quiet and anew. In the distance, some five-six miles from him, the giant stood and stared, its eye red like blood. Its three mouths all parted into a berserk grin, its muscles bulging as it lifted the four arms and pounded them against its chest like an ape. Well, suppose its time I take the fight seriously, too. Cant fuck around too long; got kids to save, after all...